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It's not just the extra 400 earmarked for Didcot that will cause a problem. What about the 400 at the Power Station site, 2000 at Harwell and the 1500 at Milton Heights, the nearest town and shops for these developments is Didcot. So this will be a real problem that needs to be addressed ASAP. All these builds mentioned are Vale of White Horse, Didcot is SODC so we won't even get the council taxes from the VOWH developments either. In a nutshell Didcot and the surrounding villages have had it!!

It's not just the extra 400 earmarked for Didcot that will cause a problem. What about the 400 at the Power Station site, 2000 at Harwell and the 1500 at Milton Heights, the nearest town and shops for these developments is Didcot. So this will be a real problem that needs to be addressed ASAP. All these builds mentioned are Vale of White Horse, Didcot is SODC so we won't even get the council taxes from the VOWH developments either. In a nutshell Didcot and the surrounding villages have had it!!Diddyman

Don't think they can build on the power station land, as it's so contaminated?
I know there will be a Didcot C application going in in 2015/2016 for a second gas station, as Didcot B is scheduled for closure in 2023.

Anyway, yes the local area has had it - all these new houses, no new infrastructure, if you live in Appleford (or what will become just Didcot) or Long Wittenham, good luck - you'll be gridlocked every morning, more so than you are now....

Don't think they can build on the power station land, as it's so contaminated?
I know there will be a Didcot C application going in in 2015/2016 for a second gas station, as Didcot B is scheduled for closure in 2023.
Anyway, yes the local area has had it - all these new houses, no new infrastructure, if you live in Appleford (or what will become just Didcot) or Long Wittenham, good luck - you'll be gridlocked every morning, more so than you are now....EMBOX2

Didcot is an easy opt out for cllrs who cant /wont look to build more homes in Abingdon where the infrastructure is more developed and where a sizeable new development SW of the town beyond Tithe farm could have seen a new A34junction along with a new southern relief road and a new bridge over the Thames.

Have to say when NPower come up with their proposals for Didcot 1 redevelopment there will be even more homes planned for Didcot which is already struggling to cope with the massive increase in population Road network is a joke though the town council should have made a much bigger push to get what is now going to be built N of Ladygrove built south of the town to facilitate a proper southern link road to relieve the traffic pressures through both Hagbournes & up Hagbourne Hill.

Didcot is an easy opt out for cllrs who cant /wont look to build more homes in Abingdon where the infrastructure is more developed and where a sizeable new development SW of the town beyond Tithe farm could have seen a new A34junction along with a new southern relief road and a new bridge over the Thames.
Have to say when NPower come up with their proposals for Didcot 1 redevelopment there will be even more homes planned for Didcot which is already struggling to cope with the massive increase in population Road network is a joke though the town council should have made a much bigger push to get what is now going to be built N of Ladygrove built south of the town to facilitate a proper southern link road to relieve the traffic pressures through both Hagbournes & up Hagbourne Hill.downsview

Wheres the south oxfordshire leader then? Someone bit higher up the ladder than a local counciler....tit for tat....wasnt it Didcot counciler who said they wanted to build sports fields on other councils land!
O, and the Power Station land came under Abingdon too!

Wheres the south oxfordshire leader then? Someone bit higher up the ladder than a local counciler....tit for tat....wasnt it Didcot counciler who said they wanted to build sports fields on other councils land!
O, and the Power Station land came under Abingdon too!HPG